Which people on US currency owned slaves?

By William Entriken

2 minutes

Just the facts:

  Currency Person  
1¢ penny 1¢ penny Abraham Lincoln No slaves
5¢ nickel 5¢ nickel Thomas Jefferson Had slaves
10¢ dime 10¢ dime Franklin D. Roosevelt No slaves
25¢ quarter 25¢ quarter George Washington Had slaves
50¢ half dollar 50¢ half dollar John F. Kennedy No slaves
$1 bill $1 bill George Washington Had slaves
$2 bill $2 bill Thomas Jefferson Had slaves
$5 bill $5 bill Abraham Lincoln No slaves
$10 bill $10 bill Alexander Hamilton Maybe
$20 bill $20 bill Andrew Jackson Had slaves
$50 bill $50 bill Ulysses S. Grant Had slaves
$100 bill $100 bill Benjamin Franklin Had slaves

So if you want to pay without slave free money, you can buy that new TV next month with a fat stack of $5 bills. Or… just use a credit card:

   
  Visa debit card
No slaves
  MasterCard
No slaves
  American Express card
Vikings had slaves

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